Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/geometry/locationtonode.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/geometry/locationtonode.m	(revision 20076)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/geometry/locationtonode.m	(revision 20076)
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+function node=locationtonode(md,location)
+%LOCATIONTONODE - find, given a string location (ex: 'LA', 'new york', the nearest node on a mesh3dsurface.
+%
+%   Usage:
+%      node=locationnode(md,'LA');
+%
+%   See also: geoCode (in externalpackages), find_point
+
+coords=geoCode(location,'osm');  
+latny=coords(1); longny=coords(2);
+node=find_point(md.mesh.lat,md.mesh.long,latny,longny);